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Flipped. if he is flipped, if anything is reflecting badly on me, then it is not true. >> that is a great point. opening the door to him flipping means he has evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the president of the united states. >> he says there is nothing to flip. that should be his argument. nothing to flip. >> thats right. it is very problematic to try to keep your lawyer on side and say they wont flip and at the same time to say if he would say anything that would be a lie. to some extent, ...

Jim comey, i dont think anybody trusts david nunes to the fact finding here. >> do you think this in response to the fallout, the falling apart of the investigations in congress? is that why the dnc is filing it now? >> the dnc is a wronged and aggrieved party here. they were the victims of the hack in 2016. they certainly have the standing to -- >> would they have followed it if they thought they had trust in the congressional investigations? >> thats a question for them. i think in part theyre...

Leaders celebrated the former first ladys life. a public viewing at the church on friday and 1,500 are expected to attend the private funeral on friday. including obama and clinton. look at houston city hall lit up in blue in honor of barbara bush. the top gop lawmakers calling on eric greitens to resign. greitens facing sex abuse allegations and now the state attorney general says he has evidence of criminal wrongdoing who allegedly used a donor list from a charity to benefit his 2016 campaig...

>> i will tell you its a really interesting statement in my view. if, for example, you were asked, can you cooperate and provide testimony regarding one of your associates for criminal wrongdoing, i suspect you wouldnt be able to do it. most of us arent insiders in criminal enterprise. were not able to flip on people. we dont have that insider information and essentially what i find interesting about that comment is it presumes that michael cohen has information to give. it really is not the sor...

It causes you to lose a hell of a lot of sleep. lose a hell of of a lot of money. freeze your personal relationships. i dont wish it on anybody. we know that michael cohen at this hour is going through a tra ma. but of the facts are catching up with him. the facts, facts are catching up with, with those involved in the trump organization. when the fbi is looking at you, not frivolous. not meaningless. not a witch-hunt. it means serious criminal wrongdoing has unfolded you have a lot to answer fo...

Dribble. >> this is bigger than basketball. >> change can be uncomfortable. >> change is necessary. >> reporter: citing the ongoing investigation, police declined to comment on the details of the case but released the videos saying theyre dedicated to getting all the facts. >> we also are more than willing, and will, look at should things change, should our training change, should our policies change. meanwhile, officials in louisiana are announcing today that two baton rouge police officers w...

Fired. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: with him all along through the white house. he was removed from his office. and we are told leahes under investigation by homeland security for some type of financi financial irregularity or crime. not connected to the president directly but he was escorted off the property. but same time this coming out trump election campaign 2020 says hes coming on and senior adviser. so still close to the president even though apparently erin hes under inv...

Meeting? >> this is like a hey, buddy -- >> they are armed with a search warrant to get his phones. remember, in order to get a search warrant you have to be able to show that there is probable cause to believe that that individual commit aid crime and that they also -- he used his phone. every crime almost always uses a cell phone. they already have an understanding of serious criminal wrongdoing. this is what they call an approach. fbi comes up to him. come with us. were taking your phone. you...

Russia accountable by imposing bipartisan congressional sanctions, its also to make sure that the rule of law is followed. that means we need to let muellers investigation continue. we already have 13 russians that have been indicted. we need to make sure that the investigation continues to get other criminal wrongdoing and see if there are other indictments that could have americans who conspired as well. >> do you think hes trying to turn the focus away from the election and trying to say its ...

It leaves that question for perhaps next indictment or guilty plea. and investigations and criminal prosecutions proceed in stages. they examine different facets of criminal wrongdoing. especially when there is a conspiracy involved. i know from my own experience as a former federal prosecutor that there are often superseding indictments. so to say that it exonerates him is indeed magical thinking. what it does show is that the special counsel investigation is proceeding methodically. this indic...